We put too much emphasis on time instead of the teaching and learning process.

We don't go to movies, we get home earlier, and more emphasis is put on quiet time.

He put his men on double time, and they ran down the cell block.

I'm also concerned about putting some limits on the care and time I spend on even a beloved dog's well-being.

Faced with a battle for survival, firms either put workers on short time or made them redundant.

I'll take the long way, but that'll still put us there just about on time.

"What every producer in this country understands with stark, cold reality," he said, "is that only the three networks can put you on prime time."

In recent months the car industry has laid off thousands of workers and put many more on short time.

That means far bigger plants have to put their hands on short time, or are brought to a standstill.

"It is always difficult to put one's finger exactly on the place and time where a marriage starts to break up," she said.